Amarjit Chandan has sent another article on the Varun Gandhi’s saga.Â My views have been quoted again.

Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service, Chandigarh, March 24
Varun Gandhi is either the saviour of the Hindus or a venom-spewing hate monger, depending upon the blogs you read on the Internet. Active writers on the Internet, or the literati of the blogosphere as they like to be called, are pulling no punches in defending or attacking this outspoken member of the BJP.

Supporters of the more radical form of nationalism have hailed Gandhi for saying that which even the leaders of the RSS, VHP and BJP (LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi having been point out by name) have been afraid to say out aloud. On the other hand, there is a large number of bloggers that has outrightly condemned the hate-speeches.

The big story however is that Varunâ€™s utterances have not sparked off an Indo-Pak cyber war as many would have imagined. hand the deluge of criticism has come from non-Muslim and non-Pakistanis. There is substantial global and non-Muslim censure and scorn that has been heaped on Gandhi and his supporters. They accuse Gandhi of betraying not just the political heritage he had inherited, but of spreading even more hatred in these troubled times.

Blogger Abrams calls it â€œa desperate political gimmick to please the majority vote bankâ€. Raza Rumi raises a pertinent question – â€œIf our jihadis or Islamists get inordinate attention then why should a bigoted idiot like the young Gandhi not worry us?â€. Moin Ansari blames the Indian media in no small measure either, â€œThe charade of Bharati media with the â€œWe are in shockâ€ is as amazing as the periodic unveiling of similar claptrap from a broad spectrum of political leaders in Bharat.â€

Avid blogger Shobhaa De calls Gandhi the â€œPamela Anderson of politicsâ€ and comments â€œBabe Varun has been misguided by his handlers. Winning Pilibhit may be comparatively easy. But winning the hearts of Young India will require much more than a baring of teeth.â€

Castigating Gandhi, MJ Akbar writes, â€œVarun claims to be a â€˜Gandhiâ€™ but he has forgotten the ideals of his own family, at least of his grandmother. â€œAll my fatherâ€™s worksâ€, said Indira Gandhi in 1962, â€œhave been written in prison. I recommend prison life not only for aspiring writers but for aspiring politicians tooâ€. Is there any message for Varun? Yes, prison is the only place where he can wear the mantle of political maturityâ€

One blogger Yasser Latif Hamdani compares Varun Gandhi to the disgraced Pak politician Aamir Liaqat Hussain and writes, â€œOne suspects that both had sheltered upbringing as is obvious from the copious amounts of baby fat on their faces and one also suspects that there might be greater issues psychologically, mentally and indeed self image that are at play.â€

Adil Mohd quips, â€œVarun Gandhi is an idiot. And a confused one at that. He must be wondering how Rajnath Singh or Narendra Modi seem to always get away with it.â€ Varunâ€™s classmate Shiv Aroor writes, Varun became a â€œstring-puppetâ€ and â€œwas put up to the job by someone far more clever, far sharper and higher up in the saffron establishment.â€

While the two sections of the blogerrati may be diagonally opposite in their political views, the â€œayeâ€ and â€œnayâ€ sayers are however joint in rejecting the denials made by Varun Gandhi – a political stunt to avoid being disqualified.

Whether Varun Gandhi said all those divisive words or not, he has managed to corner the spotlight, casting into the deep shadows those who were hoping to emerge as the next generation leader of the BJP. â€œWho after Advani?â€ was the question being asked. Varun Gandhi has thrown down the gauntlet and challenged all other wannabees.

You have told most blogers are afride about varun gandhi,i say most of the Indians(Hindus) are proude him, they are kissing his photos they are not acting outside, one morething in past days, who well hate brahmanas, they are all good in the world, after some time the trend as been changed, who will hate upper caste peoples they are good in the world, now the trend is who will hate the hindus the are extremly well cultured and well good peoples. Beware in future the time will comes like those who hate India and Indian(Hindus) peples they can only survive in this world. just please imagine think about India and Indians(Hindus).

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